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STEEL REMOVAL COMPLETE AT MY WAY TRADING FIRE SITE

(Richmond, IN)--The EPA has issued a progress update on the cleanup at the My Way Trading fire site.  They say that steel removal and recycling activities are now essentially complete.  The last two remaining containers of scrap steel and sheet plates were removed this week.  That steel has been taken away on a total of 124 trailers over the last few months.  More than 846 tons of scrap metal have been cleaned and taken to a recycling facility.  An additional 5900 tons of suspected asbestos-containing material has been shipped out of Richmond to an EPA-approved landfill.